Why teenagers eat Tide pods

It’s been on the news recently: teens are eating Tide detergent pods — despite the fact that eating them can be lethal. They film themselves doing it; it’s the “Tide Pod Challenge.” It’s not like they don’t know it can be dangerous. Besides the fact that it’s common knowledge that detergent isn’t food, there has …

The dangers of eating these pods include “burning of the mouth or esophagus, vomiting, diarrhea, and breathing difficulties if detergent gets into the lungs,” says Kristin Wilson, director of clinical outreach at Newport Academy, which is made up of treatment centers for teens struggling with mental health …

The World Health Organization has, by contrast, listed “gaming disorder” as a disorder due to an addictive behavior in the next edition of the International … Though tech addiction isn’t officially recognized yet in the United States, there are in-patient treatment facilities for teens that try to address the problem.

WASHINGTON — A national panel of public health experts concluded in a report released on Tuesday that vaping with e-cigarettes that contain nicotine can be addictive and that teenagers who use the devices may be at higher risk of smoking. Whether teenage use of e-cigarettes leads to conventional …

A study published in Clinical Psychological Science shows that use of social media, gaming, and Internet browsing causes a rise in depression symptoms and suicidal behaviors in teens. This spike in symptoms for the mental health issues occurred in 2012 the year smartphones became ubiquitous. This is …

29, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Talk therapy can be a cost-effective way to treat teenswith depression who don’t take or stop using antidepressants, a new … Over a two-year period, depression-related health care costs for those who received CBT averaged about $5,000 less than for those who received …

The parent uses his or her own Facebook account for the child, but the app is otherwise not a part of the main Facebook service. The app doesn’t have News Feed or a “like” button, which some mental health experts have linked to anxiety among teenagers on social media. But many elements of the social …

These psychological benefits may be especially significant for teens, as studies show anxiety among adolescents has risen in the past five years. A recent mental healthsurvey, conducted on college campuses around the nation, found that over 50 percent of students seeking psychotherapy suffered from …

First, it was the “gallon challenge” and the “cinnamon challenge.” Then some teenagers started playing the “bath-salt challenge.” They have dared each other to pour salt in their hands and hold ice till it burns, douse themselves in rubbing alcohol and set themselves ablaze, and throw boiling water on …

A diet high in salt, sodium and alcohol and deprived of fresh, healthy vegetables and fruits could cause the blood pressure to shoot up. Similarly, a sedentary lifestyle without physical exercise can also worsen hypertension. Usually, there are no outward signs or symptoms of hypertension and the only way …